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[ ahr-gyuh-men-tuh-tiv ] / ˌɑr gyəˈmɛn tə tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR argumentative ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group. of or characterized by argument; controversial: an argumentative attitude toward political issues. Law. arguing or containing arguments suggesting that a certain fact tends toward a certain conclusion. Origin of argumentativeFirst recorded in 1635–45; argument + -ative OTHER WORDS FROM argumentativear·gu·men·ta·tive·ly, adverbar·gu·men·ta·tive·ness, nounnon·ar·gu·men·ta·tive, adjectivenon·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ly, adverb non·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ness, nouno·ver·ar·gu·men·ta·tive, adjectiveo·ver·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ly, adverbo·ver·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ness, nounun·ar·gu·men·ta·tive, adjectiveun·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ly, adverbun·ar·gu·men·ta·tive·ness, noun Words nearby argumentativeargue, Argüedas, argufy, argument, argumentation, argumentative, argument from design, argumentum, argumentum ad hominem, Argun, Argus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for argumentativeA “why” question, always dangerous for various reasons, is particularly objectionable when argumentative. Pistorius’s Cross-Examination Could Have Been Grounds for a Mistrial in a U.S. Court|James D. Zirin|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Debate is competitive argumentation so debaters tend to be competitive and argumentative,” Lubetsky said. Ted Cruz at Princeton: Creepy, Sometimes Well Liked, and Exactly the Same|Patricia Murphy|August 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST This deeply engaged, argumentative monologue is an exercise in reaching, again and again beyond the limits of unbelieving. This Week’s Hot Reads: April 1, 2013|Mythili Rao, Jimmy So|April 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST And being too argumentative can cost you part of your social circle. Unfriending Over Politics|Howard Kurtz|March 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Some have speculated the argumentative Hampton could be a new addition to the Atlanta Housewives cast. Phaedra Parks: The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Scene Stealer|Geoff Berkshire|March 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST Driven to bay, the Countess had a sudden accs of argumentative power. When Ghost Meets Ghost|William Frend De Morgan Really, my dear Sir, really;' and the little man took an argumentative pinch of snuff, and looked very profound. The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens It is lively, bright, picturesque, and argumentative; and it tells the reader very much of the manners of Rome at the time. The Life of Cicero|Anthony Trollope To adduce an opinion without some argumentative reason to support it, shows great precipitancy of idea. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.|Various The long, excited, argumentative phrases of modern assaults were unknown; and so was the almost inevitably consequent scrimmage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2|Various
British Dictionary definitions for argumentative
adjectivegiven to arguing; contentious characterized by argument; controversial Derived forms of argumentativeargumentatively, adverbargumentativeness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to argumentativeopinionated, belligerent, combative, contentious, contrary, controversial, disputatious, factious, litigious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, salty, scrappy, touchy, fire-eating, spiky |